ENTREPRENEURIAL

& BUSINESS LAW

colorado.edu/law/entrepreneurial
Wayne Gazur, Mark Loewenstein, Alexia Brunet Marks, Scott Peppet,
Amy Schmitz, Brad Bernthal, Andrew Schwartz, Dean Phil Weiser, and
Erik Gerding [LEFT TO RIGHT]
L
OCATION MATTERS. The University of Colorado Law School enjoys a
world-class startup scene in beautiful Boulder, Colorado. Colorado Law is
closely connected to the surrounding business and technology community.
Entrepreneurs and business leaders regularly participate in events offered by
our Silicon Flatirons Center. Our students closely interact with leaders from the
innovation community and, as a result, enjoy rich opportunities for understand-
ing the trends and issues shaping our economy and society.

Colorado Law is at the forefront of educating the next generation of deal-mak-

ers, business counselors, and entrepreneurial-minded JDs. Over the past de-
cade alone, Colorado Law implemented a dozen innovations—including a
first year entrepreneurship course, hands-on contract drafting opportunities,
expanded interactions with the MBA program—that enhance our curricular
and co-curricular offerings. We are ahead of the curve in how to prepare busi-
ness-minded law students.

Our students understand the importance of understanding a business’

needs.   Beginning in your first year at Colorado Law, you will take advantage
of a robust set of business offerings within and outside of the classroom. You
will participate in transactional law and entrepreneurship competitions, learn to
create value for clients in classes like Negotiations and Venture Capital, make
investment decisions in early-stage startups through the student-run Deming
Center Venture Fund, and draft agreements for startup clients in the Entrepre-
neurial Law Clinic.

Colorado Law’s faculty understands that the legal landscape and employment
opportunities for JDs are changing. Colorado Law is deeply committed to com-
bining rigorous doctrinal training with multiple opportunities to get the practi-
cal and real-world experience needed to succeed as a transactional attorney.
Whether you want to practice mergers and acquisitions at a traditional large
law firm, work at the SEC, counsel a startup through a venture capital trans-
action, or launch your own venture, Colorado Law provides you the skills and
expertise to help you succeed.

I encourage you to join us at Colorado Law. 

J. BRAD BERNTHAL
Associate Professor
Entrepreneurial Law Clinic
Director, Entrepreneurship Initiative
Silicon Flatirons
ACADEMICS
Colorado Law’s curriculum provides you with a strong an entrepreneurial framework on which to
build your career at the intersection of law and business. In addition to teaching fundamental busi-
ness law concepts, we offer students the chance to refine their education with real world experience
in the areas of entrepreneurial law, technology policy, intellectual property, venture capital, business
entities, and corporate tax structures. We will help you to be ready on the first day of practice while
also giving you the tools to solve problems creatively for clients over the length of your career.

COURSES DUAL DEGREES & CERTIFICATES

Business & Commercial Law Entrepreneurial Law Certificate
Tax Emphasis Program
Accounting Issues for Lawyers
LLM in Entrepreneurial Law
Agency, Partnership and the LLC
Advanced Contracts:
Commercial Transactions JOURNAL
Antitrust
Arbitration Journal on Telecommunications and
High Technology Law
Bankruptcy
Business Planning
Business Transactions DEALS, BOOT CAMPS,
Consumer Empowerment AND COMPETITIONS
Contract Drafting
Advanced Deals Lab
Corporations Practice negotiating, drafting, and structuring
Counseling Families in Business complex deals and to build a writing portfolio.
Creditors’ Remedies and Debtors’ Protection Deals Course
Deals Introduction to transactional lawyering, culmi-
International Business Transactions nating in students working with practitioners.
Law and Economic Development Week-long Boot Camps
Law and Economics of the Information Age Immersion in topics such as finance, for stu-
Law Practice Management dents without a business background.
Mergers, Acquisitions and Reorganizations Deals Colloquium
Regulation of Financial Institutions Brings nationally-recognized scholars in busi-
Secured Transactions ness law to campus to interact with students.
Securities Litigation and Enforcement Deming Venture Fund Program
Securities Regulation Provides business and law students the oppor-
Sports Law tunity to work together.
Transactional Drafting
Transactional Competitions
Venture Capital and Private Equity
Provides moot court style experiences in
transactional law.
ENTREPRENEURIAL LAW CLINIC
Under the guidance of successful lawyers, students are connected with real businesses and start-
up ventures, helping their clients by drafting corporate and investment documents, offering legal
advice, and negotiating through complex business deals.
MARK LOEWENSTEIN
MONFORT PROFESSOR OF COMMERCIAL LAW
JD, University of Illinois College of Law

Professor Loewenstein joined the faculty of Colorado Law in 1979, leaving a business law practice in a Chicago
law firm. His research interests center on business associations, agency law, and securities law, with a particular
interest in corporate governance. During the 1990-91 academic year, he was a Fulbright scholar and visiting
professor of law at Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan. From 1995 to 2000, he served as a member of the
state’s Securities Board, which oversees the Colorado Commissioner of Securities and is an active member of
the Colorado Bar Association’s Corporate Law Revision Committee, including the subcommittee that drafted
the 1994 Colorado Business Corporation Act.

SCOTT R. PEPPET
PROFESSOR OF LAW
JD, Harvard Law School

Professor Peppet’s scholarship focuses on the ethics of alternative dispute resolution and privacy, technolo-
gy, and contracts. He previously taught at Harvard Law School and was a Senior Fellow on Negotiation at the
Harvard Negotiation Research Project. In 2002, Colorado Law students honored him with their Excellence in
Teaching Award. He lives in Boulder with his wife, children, and a quarter horse named Betsy.

AMY SCHMITZ
PROFESSOR OF LAW
JD, University of Minnesota Law School

Professor Schmitz now teaches courses in Contracts, Secured Transactions, Arbitration, International Arbitra-
tion, and Consumer Empowerment (service learning). Her current research explores empirical realities of con-
tracting behavior, as well as various other issues related to consumer arbitration and contract law and policy.
Professor Schmitz has been active in recent debates regarding consumer arbitration and online dispute resolu-
tion. She also is a delegate to the United Nations working group seeking to create a global online mechanism for
resolution of consumers’ and businesses’ e-contract disputes.

ANDREW SCHWARTZ
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF LAW
JD, Columbia Law School

After law school, Professor Schwartz clerked for two federal judges and practiced for several years with
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. Since entering academia, Professor Schwartz has published a number of articles
in leading venues, including the UCLA, George Washington and Notre Dame law reviews. In 2011, he founded
the annual “Junior Business Law Conference,” an intimate scholarly workshop for some of the most promising
junior business law scholars in the country, including faculty from Harvard, Columbia, NYU and Chicago.

PHIL WEISER
DEAN
JD, New York University School of Law

Dean Weiser is the Dean of the law school, Thomson Professor of Law, and Executive Director and Founder of
the Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship at the University of Colorado. In 2011,
Dean Weiser rejoined the Colorado Law faculty as Dean. Since first joining the Colorado Law faculty in 1999,
Dean Weiser has written and taught in the areas of competition policy, innovation policy, and Internet policy.
FACULTY
BRAD BERNTHAL
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF LAW
JD, University of Colorado Law School

Professor Bernthal is the founder and director of the Silicon Flatirons Center’s Entrepreneurship Initiative, which
connects the CU-Boulder campus with the surrounding high tech entrepreneurial community. His teaching and
research focuses upon entrepreneurial law and innovation policy. Prior to academia, he worked at Brobeck,
Phleger & Harrison LLP; Hogan & Hartson, LLP; and Berg Hill Greenleaf & Ruscitti LLP. Prior to law school, Bern-
thal conducted legislative research as a staff assistant to U.S. Senator Robert Kerrey.

ALEXIA BRUNET MARKS

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF LAW
JD, Northwestern University Law School

Professor Marks holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in Agricultural Economics from Purdue University, where she wrote her
dissertation on funding allocations for domestic counter-terrorism efforts. Before entering academia, Professor
Marks worked at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in Washington, D.C. and as a general partner in an
international trade venture. She is a member of American Agricultural Economics Association, the Society for
Empirical Legal Studies, and the American Society of International Law.

ERIK GERDING
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF LAW
JD, Harvard Law School

Professor Gerding’s research interests include securities, banking law, financial regulation, and corporate gov-
ernance. In his book, Law, Bubbles, and Financial Regulation, Gerding explores the interactions between market
frenzies and financial regulation. He previously taught at the University of New Mexico and the University of
Georgia. Before teaching, Gerding practiced in the New York and Washington, D.C. offices of Cleary Gottlieb
Steen & Hamilton LLP. His practice at the firm included representing clients in an array of financial transactions
and regulatory matters.

WAYNE GAZUR
PROFESSOR OF LAW
JD, University of Colorado Law School

After spending five years in private practice, Professor Gazur joined the faculty of Colorado Law. In 1999, he
was named a Charles Inglis Thomson Fellow. His educational background and research efforts are concentrated
in the area of taxation, including estate and business planning. His articles have appeared in a variety of law
reviews, and have been cited extensively in the field. His current research interests include taxation and alterna-
tives to the individual income tax, and he has recently completed an estate planning textbook.

PETER HUANG
PROFESSOR OF LAW AND DEMUTH CHAIR
JD, Stanford Law School

Before teaching, Professor Huang was a staff economist in the Division of Consumer Protection of the Federal
Trade Commission in Washington, D.C. He is a member of the California Bar, served on the Executive Commit-
tee for the Association of American Law Schools Section on Securities Regulation, and was a co-Chair of the
Association of American Law Schools Section on Socio-Economics. His numerous publications apply research
from economics, finance, judgment and decision making, marketing, neuroscience, and cognitive and social
psychology to analyze legal rules and institutions.
CAREERS
Colorado Law’s commitment to helping you excel in your professional endeavors comes through the
individualized support of our Career Development Office. With four career advisors with JDs, we will
connect you with employers and help you succeed in the current job market. The depth and breadth
of experiences, theory, and skills you will gain will enable you to make meaningful contributions
as intellectual property and technology practitioners upon graduation. Our 7,000+ alumni network
provides you access to and support from leaders across the nation.

RECENT TOP EMPLOYERS

AMG National Trust Bank Hogan Lovells
Ball Corporation Intrawest
Boulder Brands, Inc. Holland & Hart
Colorado State Bank & Trust Latham & Watkins LLP
Cooley LLP Level 3
Deloitte MWH Global, Inc.
DISH Network Silicon Legal Strategy (San Francisco, CA)
D.O.G. Development SolidFire
Ernst & Young Woodspear Properties
GMR, Inc.

“At Colorado Law I learned the importance of
understanding the policies and goals behind
applicable law and understanding the subject
matter itself. I now know the importance of do-
ing my homework so I can to establish a clear
understanding of my clients’ goals and develop
a comprehensive strategy, not limited to purely
legal solutions, to achieve those goals.”
“Colorado Law allowed me to immerse myself
in a thriving entrepreneurial community where
I could engage with, and learn from, lawyers
and entrepreneurs alike. This dual immersion
gave me the ability and confidence to pursue
career opportunities outside of traditional le-
gal paths, ultimately allowing me to take own-
ership of the direction of my own career.”

CASSANDRA M. DAN FREDRICKSON (’10)

MCCASLAND (’96) Attorney
VP and General Counsel Kendall, Koenig & Oelsner PC
Simpson Housing, LLLP

“Colorado Law gave me the opportunity to
succeed beyond my wildest dreams. It provid-
ed a close community of alumni and friends for
important networking. I remain deeply con-
nected and committed to the school.”
“Colorado Law did a wonderful job of not only
teaching the law from a substantive perspec-
tive but also pointing out the practical busi-
ness implications beyond legal decisions and
judgments.”

FRANZ HARDY (’00) HARRY HOLLINES (’97)

Partner VP, Corporate Development
Gordon & Rees LLP and Legal Affairs
Miller Heiman
SILICON FLATIRONS CENTER FOR LAW,
TECHNOLOGY, AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
The Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship (SFC) is an interdisciplinary
research center at the University of Colorado Law School that provides unique opportunities for
students to interact with high-level attorneys, policy-makers, businesses, and entrepreneurs, and
familiarizes students with policy issues in telecommunications, technology, and intellectual prop-
erty. SFC’s core mission is to elevate the debate surrounding technology policy issues; support and
enable entrepreneurship in the technology community; and inspire, prepare, and place students in
these important areas.

INITIATIVES & PROJECTS IP Initiative

Technology Policy Initiative
Seated in innovative Boulder, Colorado, SFC is well
positioned to attract thoughtful policy leaders, le-
gal and business professionals, and entrepreneurs
to discuss the challenges and opportunities of
various technology policy issues.
Entrepreneurship Initiative
In support of Boulder’s entrepreneurial environ-
ment, SFC helps stitch together the entrepreneur-
ial fabric for the area’s software, telecommunica-
tions, and Internet startup communities.
Privacy Initiative
SFC sponsors an annual conference that has be-
come one of the most important venues for de-
bate, housing scholars at the center of thought
leadership on the topic, and training students to
become the next generation of lawyers, advisors,
and policymakers in the field.
Energy Innovation Initiative
SFC builds on the law school’s deep expertise in
technology, entrepreneurship, energy, and nat-
ural resources to support research and analysis;
training for students and professionals; and an
ongoing series of public lectures, workshops, and
conferences.
Spectrum Policy Initiative
Careful interdisciplinary work in the wireless tech-
nology market that pulls together policy, electrical
engineering, and computer science expertise.
SFC hosts a yearly patent conference focusing on
competition policy and software patent challeng-
es. With the opening of a U.S. Patent and Trade-
mark Office in Denver, Silicon Flatirons is develop-
ing promising areas for collaboration.
The New Normal and Law 2.0 Project
Through conferences, roundtables, white pa-
pers, and research, SFC convenes and engages
the brightest and most forward-looking thinkers
about the future of the legal profession and legal
education.
EVENTS & CONFERENCES
Crash Course Series for Entrepreneurs
Digital Broadband Migration:
After the Internet Protocol Revolution
Energy Innovation Series
Entrepreneurs Unplugged Series
In House Counsel Series
New Venture Challenge
Radio Spectrum Pollution: Facing the
Challenge of a Threatened Resource
Roundtable Series on Entrepreneurship,
Innovation, and Public Policy
Software Patents and Their Challenges
The Challenge of Monetizing Content
in a Changing Era
The Future of Entrepreneurial Finance
The Future of Health Care Innovation
The New Frontiers of Privacy Harm
Towards Dynamic Markets in Electric Power,
Water, and Wireless Spectrum
What I Wish I Knew in Law School
PHIL WEISER
Dean
Executive Director and Founder

Since first joining the Colorado Law

faculty in 1999, Dean Weiser has
worked to establish a national center
of excellence in telecommunications
and technology law at Colorado Law,
founding the Journal on Telecommuni-
cations & High Technology Law (JTHTL)
and the Silicon Flatirons Center for
Law, Technology, and Entrepreneur-
ship.

In June 2011, Weiser became dean of

Colorado Law, prior to which he served
as the Senior Advisor for Technology
and Innovation to the National Eco-
nomic Council Director at the White
House and as the Deputy Assistant
Attorney General at the U.S. Depart-
ment of Justice’s Antitrust Division.

Prior to joining the Colorado Law fac-

ulty in 1999, Dean Weiser served as
senior counsel to the Assistant Attor-
ney General in charge of the Antitrust
Division at the U.S. Department of
Justice, advising him primarily on tele-
communications matters.

Before his appointment at the Justice

Department, Dean Weiser served as
a law clerk to Justices Byron R. White
and Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the U.S.
Supreme Court and to Judge David
Ebel at the Tenth Circuit Court of Ap-
peals.
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